Star Trek!

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• Subject: Star Trek!
• From: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
• Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 22:13:01 -0700 (MST)
• Subscriber: chip-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com Wed Jan 1 22:13:13 1997

Greetings all,

I was running my coil for some friends this evening and had a little
excitement above and beyond the "standard" excitement of the coil.

After running the coil three or four times for a few seconds each, I fired
it up again.  This time, the volt meter on my power cabinet blew the clear
plastic cover off the face with a shower of golden sparks and a little
smoke right behind it.

I thought that kind of stuff only happened in Star Trek episodes.

These  incidents have helped me determine my future projects:  Rewire my
power cabinet, repair the blown capacitor, and roll three more.  I also
have 6" and a 9.5" secondaries that are begging for primaries.

Chip
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